| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Lean on Me | $6,442,458 | $5,032,605 | 78.1% | $1,409,853 | 21.9% | 894 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 2 | Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure | $5,457,772 | $4,451,440 | 81.6% | $1,006,332 | 18.4% | 1,314 | 3 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | The 'Burbs | $5,262,740 | $4,312,410 | 81.9% | $950,330 | 18.1% | 1,831 | 3 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Rain Man | $5,013,676 | $3,858,147 | 77% | $1,155,529 | 23% | 1,580 | 12 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 5 | Skin Deep | $3,296,020 | $2,460,262 | 74.6% | $835,758 | 25.4% | 489 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 6 | Three Fugitives | $3,143,996 | $2,516,263 | 80% | $627,733 | 20% | 1,230 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Dangerous Liaisons | $3,059,331 | $2,263,595 | 74% | $795,736 | 26% | 762 | 11 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 8 | Cousins | $2,918,180 | $2,233,755 | 76.6% | $684,425 | 23.4% | 747 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Dream a Little Dream | $2,830,722 | $2,568,963 | 90.8% | $261,759 | 9.2% | 1,019 | 1 | Vestron Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Beaches | $2,683,248 | $2,020,214 | 75.3% | $663,034 | 24.7% | 961 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Working Girl | $2,144,364 | $1,604,923 | 74.8% | $539,441 | 25.2% | 942 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 12 | Mississippi Burning | $1,693,479 | $1,239,156 | 73.2% | $454,323 | 26.8% | 1,028 | 13 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Twins | $1,540,837 | $1,217,935 | 79% | $322,902 | 21% | 989 | 13 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | True Believer | $1,528,311 | $1,166,223 | 76.3% | $362,088 | 23.7% | 778 | 3 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | Farewell to the King | $1,519,533 | $1,150,531 | 75.7% | $369,002 | 24.3% | 650 | 1 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 16 | The Fly II | $1,382,926 | $1,070,810 | 77.4% | $312,116 | 22.6% | 728 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 17 | New York Stories | $684,319 | $432,337 | 63.2% | $251,982 | 36.8% | 12 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 18 | Out Cold | $257,878 | $201,499 | 78.1% | $56,379 | 21.9% | 142 | 1 | Hemdale | - | false |
| 19 | Hit List | $4,564 | $3,195 | 70% | $1,369 | 30% | 3 | 1 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 20 | Hanussen | $2,372 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| - | Bert Rigby, You're a Fool | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Tap | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| - | Waiting for the Moon | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Skouras Pictures | - | false |
| - | Hunk | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Crown | - | false |
| - | Her Alibi | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
